Maggie MacNeil on 50 Free Victory: “The goal was to go out 10.1”

By Hannah Close on SwimSwam

2023 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 15-18, 2023
• Allan Jones Aquatic Center–Knoxville, Tennessee
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Maggie MacNeil swam a blistering 20.79 tonight in the 50 free, setting a new NCAA and U.S. Open record. Her swim edged out Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh–the top seed from this morning. MacNeil, a fifth year at LSU, shares that she knew it would be a tight race. “Tonight was definitely going to be a race between me and Gretchen…the goal was to go out 10.1,” said MacNeil. She did just that, splitting a 10.11 and 10.68 on each 25.

SwimSwam: Maggie MacNeil on 50 Free Victory: “The goal was to go out 10.1”